GEOINT Standards Developer – Imagery Standards Mid-Level

GEOINT Standards Developer - Imagery Standards Mid-Level

Location:  Springfield, VA/St. Louis, MO or Huntsville, AL

TS/SCI Clearance Required

General Responsibilities:

• Contribute to development of Still and/or Motion Imagery Standards with the objective of facilitating compliance and interoperability through integration of NSG & ASG requirements while reducing technical and schedule risk in the following functional areas:
• Still and Motion Imagery standards including, but not exclusive to:
• National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) standards.
• Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) standards.
• ISO Based Media File Format (IBMFF) standards.
• Hierarchical Data Format version 5 (HDF5)
• KLV (Key-Length-Value) standards.
• Imaging phenomenology and applications including, but not exclusive to:
• Electro Optical (EO)
• Large Volume Motion Imagery (LVMI)/Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI)
• Infrared Motion Imagery Standards (IR)
• Multispectral Imaging (MSI)
• Hyper spectral imaging (HSI)
• Responsible for providing specialized advice and assistance on complex technical projects, independently performs a variety of system analysis, design and/or engineering tasks that are broad and innovative in nature. Participates in national level steering and advisory groups, panels, and committees. Advises/mentors technical personnel at all levels and reviews work for technical accuracy. Supports the strategic growth of scientific imagery programs.
• Supports the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on development of Still and/or Motion Imagery Standards with the objective of facilitating compliance and interoperability through integration of NSG & ASG requirements while reducing technical and schedule risk in the following functional areas:
• Ensure current and future GEOINT standards will satisfy capability requirements at the program and strategic level across NGA, the NSG, and ASG.
• Develop capability-based standards profiles & reference architectures to enable search, discovery, access, and retrieval, integrated intelligence, and advanced analytics are enabled.        

Required Skills and Tasks:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Able to develop & use complex concepts & processes.
• Use of ontologies to model GEOINT imagery metadata
• Familiarity with the TCPED process
• Familiarity with SAFE/Agile processes

Desired Skills and Tasks:

• Code-writing skills would be a plus using languages such as Python, JAVA, C/C++

Work Level:

• Self-guided individual work
• Proactive team member
• Task Lead

Education/Certification Required:

• Master’s degree, Bachelor’s degree plus 2-year experience, Associates degree plus 4 years’ experience, or a minimum of 6 years’ experience, in relevant field